MR. URBAN AND A CO UNTR Y HO USE. 23 1 



Testimony of Experts. 



AT the risk of iteration, and in the hope of throw- 

 ing all possible light upon the subject under 

 notice, I propose the examination of a few fifty-acre 

 farmers, who shall represent respectively the stock- 

 breeder, the amateur, the business man, the philoso- 

 pher, the practical man and the trader. 



Mr. Urban being in company in whose interest 

 the inquiries are made we first encounter Mr. Up- 

 den, of Deep-Dale, well known among Committee 

 men, and eminent at Agricultural Fairs. 



His system is simply to breed cattle of pure 

 blood. We venture the query if Mr. Upden's stock 

 is fed mostly from the land, or if he is in the habit 

 of buying food ? 



Witness. " I buy, I should say, from twenty to 

 forty tons a year." 



Mr. Urban innocently asks if Mr. Upden makes 

 sufficient butter for the consumption of his family ? 



The question is almost resented. 



" Butter-making is an annoyance. Six or seven 

 hundred dollar cows can be put to better uses. I 

 prefer to buy my butter." 



Query. " We are to suppose then, I think, that 



